There was an old man of Thermopyl?,
Who never did anything properly;
But they said, “If you choose, To boil eggs in your shoes,
You shall never remain in Thermopyl?.”
(Edward Lear)
More Poetry from Edward Lear:
- Incidents in the life of my Uncle Arly (Edward Lear Poems)
- Calicoe Pie (Edward Lear Poems)
- He Lived at Dingle Bank (Edward Lear Poems)
- Cold are the Crabs (Edward Lear Poems)
- Limerick: There was a Young Lady Whose Bonnet (Edward Lear Poems)
- Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Norway (Edward Lear Poems)